This is where Olbermann shines. Not when the story breaks, not when public opinion swells - he rides the wave and he's at the forefront there but he's still really a part of a bigger pack. However, once the defendant starts to backpeddle and/or refute claims is when he picks up the torch and begins the fight anew.…

So he's right, but he wasn't the only one. I would say really anyone who has an understanding of US foreign policy or international relations saw this coming ("we've always been at war with East Asia" and whatnot). His overarching point is that voices promoting dialogue and seeking understanding will always be shouted…

And the AP has them on tape providing commentary about the video.

I'm not in an open relationship. I'm simply not damning those who are.

There's all this talk of Mort, King, etc. getting "burned" or "played" by their sources. From where I'm sitting, the only way their sources burned them is if those same sources are the very ones who are now disavowing any knowledge of the tape before yesterday. Otherwise they were just telling the truth.

That's what happens when the entire process is one giant exercise in selection bias. Tone-deaf owners who only care about profits and taking the screws to the players want to keep the gravy train rolling.

And Peter King, July version.

Seems like poor phrasing. The sources didn't burn them unless the sources are Goodell and his circle of trust.

He knows more about beer than he does about anything related to the actual playing of a football game.

That's written in near-perfect King tone. Well done.

I was listening to "Lord, I'm Discouraged" by The Hold Steady when I first saw the video. It's sickening how well that song pairs, right down to the half-truths and excuses.

How could he have seen it and still accepted that Janay played a role in initiating the fight?

Remember: Ray, his camp, and Janay lied to the commissioner and his little as-hoc tribunal of sycophants. They testified that she attacked him first, which we can now see is utter bullshit. He slapped at her (maybe spit at her?), she got in his face, and he dropped her with a left hook.

After how badly the league botched the initial investigation, surely you can't think that they have the ethical wherewithal to revisit their decision.

I'm oddly OK with that.

Reiss is outstanding. His tape breakdowns following games are must-reads but he's also a very keen evaluator of talent. Extremely respectful on Twitter, even when he's disagreeing.

The Sun found a way to be wrong about hockey news WITHOUT Bruce Garrioch's help. I'm not even mad, that's impressive.

Tim's on to something here. Reading between the lines after many arrests (Hernandez) and seeing the flagrant illegal behavior of so many football players (Manziel), it's hard to ignore that many PDs probably have the local coaches on speed dial.

Yards allowed: Pats were 26th in the league last year, 25th in 2012, 31st in 2011, 25th in 2010.

There's little doubt that Belichick revolutionized defensive coaching in the early part of the century. Between the use of interchangeable parts instead of stars, cascading coverage to interrupt a QB's rhythm and patterns, and innovations like the zero-down formation, the guy was really cutting edge at one point.…